Journalist and author Suzanne Gordon will explore who and what counts in the media’s coverage of health care in a free public lecture Jan. 23 from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. at the Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History on the UNC campus. The lecture is presented by School of Nursing and School of Journalism and Mass Communication. A reception immediately follows the lecture.
For the past 20 years, Gordon has been observing nurses and other caregivers in hospitals and health care institutions across the country and writing about care giving and health care reform issues. Gordon is the author of five books, co-editor of four others, and co-author, with Bernice Buresh, of “From Silence to Voice: What Nurses Know and Must Communicate to the Public,” published by Cornell University Press.
The book won an American Journal of Nursing Best Book of the Year Award in 2000. Her most recent book, “Nursing Against the Odds,” was also published by Cornell. She is currently writing a book called “The Perfect Number” about staffing ratios in California and Australia.
Those who plan to attend the lecture should respond by Jan. 16 by e-mailing whitney_howell@unc.edu or calling (919) 966-4619. Public parking will be available in the UNC Hospitals parking deck on Manning Drive.
School of Nursing contact: Whitney L.J. Howell, (919) 966-4619, whitney_howell@unc.edu